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Urbanism & Design: Disappearing World Heritage Sites, Making Homes Accessible, Why Cities Flood, Beltlines Beyond Atlanta, Women & Building Design

May 17, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Ten Disappearing World Heritage Sites  USA Today   Standing atop the ramparts of China's Great Wall. Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. These are the giants of our collective imagination, the plumes in our travel cap.  
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Environment & Ecology: Luring Developers To Rebuild On Polluted Land, How to Save Water Starved Cities, Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway

May 17, 2013
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  ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Luring Developers to Rebuild on Polluted Land  NPR Marketplace   When companies pack up and abandon places like apartment complexes, gas stations, factories, and rail yards, those properties often become what's known as a brownfield.  
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Environment & Ecology: Auto Emissions Can Turn Good Cholesterol Bad, Engaging Community in Brownfield Redevelopment

May 16, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Auto Emissions Can Turn Good Cholesterol Bad  Science Daily   Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries.
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Environment & Ecology: Building A National CDFI To Scale Healthy Food Financing, Bee Deaths May Have Reached A Crisis Point For Crops

May 15, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Building A National CDFI to Scale Healthy Food Financing  Living Cities   Many Americans do not have proper access to the tools they need to live healthy lives. In fact:
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Environment & Ecology: SF Trash Incentives, Tracking City Carbon Footprints, Climate Imperative Of Santa Monica TOD, Love & Hate For Marin County

May 14, 2013
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Bay Area, California, Climate Change, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Health & Environment, Los Angeles, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Monica, TOD, tracks, Tracks Environment & Ecology, Transit
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Throw Out Less Trash, Get a Smaller Bill  San Francisco Examiner   Waste bin, recycling bin or compost bin? Elliot Easom never paid close attention to which piece of trash belonged in which bin - black, blue or green - until he became aware of an incentive being offered to his neighborhood.
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Urban Issues: Template For New LA, Food Desert Mobile Oasis, Seattle Affordable Housing Failure, Reversing Atlanta Job Sprawl

May 13, 2013
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Affordability, Atlanta, California, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Georgia, health, Health & Environment, Hollywood Calif., housing, Illinois, Los Angeles, Michigan, Seattle, Smart Growth & Sprawl, South Hampton Roads, Texas, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Virginia, Washington
URBAN ISSUES Hollywood as a Template for a New Los Angeles  Los Angeles Times   Over 12 years as the area's councilman, he has championed high-density 'smart growth' that's been business-friendly. But community activists worry about rising rents and traffic-choked streets.
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Environment & Ecology: Fruit Activism & Urban Gardens, Stress On Urban Birds, Ecology Of Human Stress, Grocery Delivery Services

May 13, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 'Fruit Activists' Take Urban Gardens in New Direction  New York Times   Fruit looms large in the California psyche. Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other fruits have been a lure for seekers of the state's postcard essence, symbols of fertile land, felicitous climate and the possibilities of pleasure.
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Urban Issues: City Data Projects, State & Local Outlook Bleak, Income & Transpo Routes, Health Care & Urbanization

May 10, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Cities Ramp Up Data Projects, Innovation  Governing   Dubuque, Iowa, has a population of just under 60,000, but it's doing something few other cities of its size have ever tried. It's embedding technology in utility meters to collect and analyze water, gas and electricity use
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Environment & Ecology: LA Port Rail Yard OK'd, Saving The Salton Sea, Time Lapse Images Show Sprawl & Climate Change

May 10, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Controversial LA Port Rail Yard Wins Approval  Governing   The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a controversial rail yard serving the harbor, setting the stage for possible court challenges alleging violations of environmental and civil rights laws.
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Environment & Econology: Fastest Warming City, Beauty Amid Chicago Industry, Planning Sustainability Focus

May 9, 2013
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Chicago, Federal Policy, Health & Environment, HUD, Illinois, Kentucky, Lehigh Valley, Livability & Sustainability, Louisville, Pennsylvania, tracks, Tracks Environment & Ecology
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Few Trees in Louisville, The Fastest Warming City  Next City   What's the scariest weather event you can think of? A hurricane? Tornado? Storm surge?
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